Subcortical volume analysis in traumatic brain injury: The importance of the fronto-striato-thalamic circuit in task switching

Cortex

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 67-81

  Leunissen, Inge ^a   Coxon, James P ^b   Caeyenberghs, Karen ^a,c   Michiels, Karla ^d   Sunaert, Stefan ^a   Swinnen, Stephan P ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e Leuven Research Institute for Neuroscience and Disease O and N4   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Diffusion tensor imaging; Shape analysis; Task switching; Thalamus; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

BASAL GANGLIA; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; SHAPE ANALYSIS; TASK SWITCHING; THALAMUS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; ATROPHY; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895058086     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2013.10.009     Document Type: Article

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